FOMALHAUT (Alpha Piscis Austrini). This wonderful first magnitude star of northern-hemisphere autumn, usually pronounced "fo-ma-low, ...
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Fomalhaut Alpha Piscis Austrini
Fum al Samakah Beta Piscium
Furud Zeta Canis Majoris ...
Also known as Alpha Piscis Austrini (or Australis), this bright star is located within 25.1 light-years (ly) away from our Sun, Sol.
The brightest star in Piscis Austrinus is [6871] Fomalhaut, alpha Piscis Austrini, a class A main sequence star that emits excess infrared radiation and has a debris disk in orbit. Fomalhaut is also the 18th brightest star in the night sky.
Fomalhaut (α PsA / α Piscis Austrini / Alpha Piscis Austrini) is the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky.
Alpha Piscis Austrini is also called Fomalhaut, a name derived from the Arabic for "mouth of the fish." At magnitude 1.16, Fomalhaut is the 18th brightest star in the sky.
(f´mlhõt´´), brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (southern fish); Bayer designation Alpha Piscis Austrini; 1992 position R.A. 22h57.3m, Dec. −29°39&minut;.
Os Piscis Meridiani; Os Piscis Notii; Difda al Auwel, the "First Frog".
Alpha Piscis Austrini
HR 8728
HD 216956 ...
 See also: Fomalhaut, Star, Sky, Sun, Light
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